Another reader who turned up yesterday to claim his prize was Mr Ronney Poh Kow Yuen.

The freelance accounts executive, who is in his 60s, has never won a contest before but decided to give this one a go. It paid off, thanks in part to advice from a friend.

"My friend told me to try and buy as many copies with different numbers in it as possible. So I bought 15 copies of TNP and true enough, I won the $100 cash prize," he said.

"I am going to spend the money on beer and makan for myself," the bachelor added with a laugh.

One other person, Mr Haresh Ram K, also won $100 cash yesterday.

HOW CONTEST WORKS

Images of football jerseys were printed in TNP from Monday to Thursday, with the jerseys featuring either a number or a country.

New printing technology allows every copy of TNP to include a different combination of jerseys.

These jerseys can be collected to match the winning combinations published in TNP from Friday to Sunday. During these three days, there will be a daily jackpot prize of $1,000, which snowballs if it goes unclaimed for the day. The jackpot cash prize snowballs to $2,000 tomorrow.

The jerseys are valid only for that week. There will also be combinations for $100 and $200 cash prizes.

Winners must collect their prizes at the SPH News Centre at 1000, Toa Payoh North, between 8pm and 9pm on the same day.